speeding fine

[snico]

I'm with mw roofline, you lot don't live in the real world if you think you can potter about at a snails pace and still do enough work to mate a good living.


Your probably the braindead menaces who do 50 on the motorways in the middle lane stopping lorries overtaking you clogging up the roads, no doubt you stop at all roundabouts and junctions even if there is no other traffic not to mention braking hard at even the slightest curve in the road etc etc etc. You are the real cause of frustration and accidents.

Frustration......the menace of all dangerous drivers who want to speed and think they are the owners of the road.

The point is, MW pointed out that his staff have to break the speed limits to make appointments, have their dinner whilst still working. No rest and driving at speed is one of the main causing of accidents. If he planned his workload better, they wouldnt have to do all that rushing around.

...and no I dont hog the middle lane at 50, no I dont stop at every roundabout.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Yes and if only life was fair with no crime, injustice or poverty and we all got paid to sit behind some tw@t doing an impression of a rolling roadblock allday without actually doing any work. No deadlines, targets or urgency the country would grind to a fekkin halt.

 

[transam]

On the question of road safety I wonder what sort of road safety record they have in say Saudi Arabia ?? lets face it woman are not allowed to drive & the male drivers are not distracted by scantily clad woman walking down the street , how many accidents are caused by that ??
How many accidents are caused by how shall we say woman indulging in certain activitys while the innocent bloke is driving eg head in his lap ?

Years ago I went out with some girl , used to go out on me M/C , without warning her hand would come around almost caused an accident !

 

[ajstoneservices]

I'm with mw roofline, you lot don't live in the real world if you think you can potter about at a snails pace and still do enough work to mate a good living.


Your probably the braindead menaces who do 50 on the motorways in the middle lane stopping lorries overtaking you clogging up the roads, no doubt you stop at all roundabouts and junctions even if there is no other traffic not to mention braking hard at even the slightest curve in the road etc etc etc. You are the real cause of frustration and accidents.


Wouldn't surprise me if you were caravaners; that'd be the icing on the fekkin cake!

Come on Dm driving at the speed limit is not driving below it. Nice try though

 

[joinerjohn]

One company I worked for, had me driving a 7.5 tonne wagon up and down the country doing shopfitting.
Typical scenario,,, Monday morning,, up at half four, set off at five. Drive four hours to the store I'm going to. Work for 7 or 8 hours (eating lunch etc whilst still working). Leave store, drive for another 3 - 4 hours to reach some hotel somewhere near the next store.
Next day , up at 7, drive half hour to store, work for 8 hrs, drive another 4 hours to the next hotel etc etc.
Friday. Up at 7 , drive to store, work 8 hrs, then have to drive anywhere between 6 to 9 hrs to get back to base. Drop wagon off, then drive 2 hrs home in my car.
First week they sent me out with an assistant who couldn't even ride a bicycle far less drive anything (apart from me mad)

Only once did I have to go over my driving hours. Got stuck on the M42-M6, when I had already driven for 3 1/2 hrs. Took over 2hrs to reach a service station, for a half hour break.
And don't even get me started on trying to drive a wagon through or around London. What with weight limits and height/width restrictions.
Only saving grace was that it was almost impossible to break the speed limit in the wagons as they were limited (although downhill, you could get it up to 56 mph and slip it out of gear and let the weight get it up to 60mph).

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Why is it that the ****** drivers tend to be old, wearing specs, and driving

Rovers
Nissan sunnys
Micras
Citroens
Land rovers
Datsuns
Toyotas
Skodas

 

[Karinska]

Phew, am I glad to see that my car isn't on your list

 

[Avocet]

...where do you draw the line? Push it up from 30 to 40mph then most motorists will be doing 45-50mph !

I felt I had to comment on this. It's a commonly held view, but one about which I am increasingly sceptical. I think that most drivers, most of the time, drive at a more-or-less appropriate speed for the conditions. Yes, there are nutters who greatly exceed this and there are a small number of drivers who drive substantially slower too. By and large, however, I think people are more sensible than one might credit. Can you point me towards any evidence that if a speed limit is raised, the majority of motorists will always exceed it by a particular margin?

My experience is rather the opposite, to be honest. I live in a rural area -on a single track road with a National Speed Limit, in fact! (So 60 for cars). I have NEVER ONCE seen a car do 60 past my house - or anything like it! In fact, I'd say about 20 was more normal. The road is twisty with high hedges on either side. Sure, I see people going a bit faster than that, but nowhere near the limit.

By contrast, there is another road (wide enough for 2 cars to pass) not far away that has recently had it's limit reduced from NSL to 40. My observation is that it has had exactly the OPPOSITE effect! When it was a 60 limit, I hardly ever saw cars doing more than 30-45 along it. Now, if anything, more are doing 40 (or just over) than ever used to! I think the reason is that 60 is quite patently unattainable, but when motorists see that the "powers that be" have deemed 40 to be an acceptable limit, they all suddenly start driving at it!

 

[Donkmeister]

The point about speed limits versus modern cars is a good one. It's also important to consider that for a given set of conditions, a speed might be safe in one car but unsafe in another.

A Ferrari is unsafe at 30mph on snow, but safe at 130mph on a dry motorway. A Land Rover is safe at 30mph on snow, but unsafe at 130mph on a dry motorway.

In Germany they're considering introducing a blanket autobahn speed limit for vans as you can buy so many now that will do ridiculous speed, but being vans they don't have the stopping power and handling to reign that speed in when required. A Mercedes Sprinter might do 110mph, but that is just an example of doing an unsafe speed for the vehicle.

 

[geraint]

I'm with mw roofline, you lot don't live in the real world if you think you can potter about at a snails pace and still do enough work to mate a good living.


Your probably the braindead menaces who do 50 on the motorways in the middle lane stopping lorries overtaking you clogging up the roads, no doubt you stop at all roundabouts and junctions even if there is no other traffic not to mention braking hard at even the slightest curve in the road etc etc etc. You are the real cause of frustration and accidents.


Wouldn't surprise me if you were caravaners; that'd be the icing on the fekkin cake!


what a ****.. proving you cannot drive... take your left hand and place it in your pants.,.....







no brain there either......

 

[libby lou lou]

l love drink driving, not steamers 5-6 cans, never caused much harm drive an estate normally, but drove my daughters polo tonight going for a meal, pickup, lily allen on nearly full, toe it on the way home, felt like a teenager Again at 50 yrs old......... **** you the police do it the politions, all the world does it

dogooders[code:1][/code:1]

 

[conny]

Your probably the braindead menaces who do 50 on the motorways in the middle lane stopping lorries overtaking you clogging up the roads, no doubt you stop at all roundabouts and junctions even if there is no other traffic not to mention braking hard at even the slightest curve in the road etc etc etc. You are the real cause of frustration and accidents.


Wouldn't surprise me if you were caravaners; that'd be the icing on the fekkin cake!

Typical reaction of someone with tunnel vision who thinks the main priority in life is to drive like a bat out of hell to make as much money as possible, either for himself or his arrogant boss who doesn't give a toss about the stresses he places his workers under. The same person who only worries about his financial loss when his driver has been involved in an accident and people are seriously hurt or killed. Never mind the stress to the injured parties/families or emergency personnel who have to deal with the aftermath of it all.
I've held a full clean licence for over 20 years so that puts me in your 'middle-aged' driver bracket. If road signage or conditions dictate that I drive at 50mph on a motorway then I do it. I drive a variety of vehicles ranging from a small corsa, a top of the range Mondeo Ghia an open backed land rover, (sometimes with loaded trailer), a transit van, (often towing large road haul welders/compressors) a 3½ton open back wagon various other types up to and including 7½t hiab lorries.
Do I sound like one of 'your' hated drivers? Oh no I can't be, I've never towed a caravan.
Open your eyes and realise that life is for living, not racing around like a horse with a branding iron stuck up its backside! If you have children do you want to watch them grow in to adults or are you willing to let your wife/partner do that after you are dead?
Maybe everyone should be made to accompany a paramedic for the day and see what they have to deal with after an accident.
(But then they have to put up with enough s hit as it is without having someone like you sitting next to them each day!)

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Yet more drivel posted by the human snails defending their ****** driving.




IMO you lot should have your licenses revoked for holding up decent drivers going about their business!

 

[joe-90]

Speeding is like smoking. It's not guaranteed to kill you but it increases your risk. It's like a smoker saying "I don't believe in those health warnings, I've smoked for 35 years and it hasn't killed me yet - it's all a load of twaddle".

But that's just it - it hasn't killed you yet - but it may well do so in the future. It's a silly argument that you can speed with impunity 'because it hasn't killed you yet'.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Speed doesn't kill, bad driving and lack of concentration does. it has been shown that faster drivers pay more attention!